MSC in Oz box terminal tilt

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Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has sent waves across the Australian waterfront after taking the first steps to set up a network of its own ...

Patrick gear starts to flow

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Patrick has begun to take delivery of what is expected to be a steady flow of new equipment for its major Australian terminals with the arri...

Trying to avoid a lash-up

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As containerisation has spread, so fears have grown that traditional stevedoring skills, such as dunnaging, packaging and lashing of irregul...

Oz stevedore shuffle…

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Further changes are taking place in the Australian stevedoring industry with P&O Ports shutting down its operations in the Queensland port o...

Toll, Patrick on acquisition trail

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Just months after swallowing National Rail Corporation and FreightCorp in a A$1.2 bill deal (see WorldCargo News February 2002, p1), Austral...

Kalmar’s Patrick link

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Kalmar Industries will be a shareholder in a new Australian company, Patrick Technology and Systems (PTS) which is being set up by Patrick C...

Stevedores in Valencia merger

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Valencia's two multi-purpose terminal operators on Muelle de Levante are joining forces in a new entity to be known as TCV Stevedoring Compa...

All change in Santa Fe

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Terminales Portuarias Santafecinas (TPS), which has managed the Argentine port of Santa Fe since 1999, is seeking a "complete renegotiation"...

Four chasing Westgate

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As expected, international names Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), ICTSI and Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) head the shortlist of prospe...

Sydney mulls Botany options

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A new operator will not necessarily be sought for the proposed third Port Botany (Sydney) container terminal, leaving the way open for agree...

Melbourne key to stevedore competition

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A credible challenge to the Australian stevedoring duopoly of Patrick and P&O Ports appears to hinge on the outcome of Melbourne's Westgate ...

AusBulk bulks up

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The South Australian Government has named AusBulk Ltd as the developer and operator of the proposed A$90 mill deepwater bulk facility at Por...

CSG into terminals

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China Shipping Group (CSG) has set up China Terminal Development Co (CTDC) in Shanghai as a precursor to expanding into container terminal o...

Patrick’s Webb widens

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Australian stevedore Patrick has officially opened extensions to its Webb Dock, Melbourne, facilities after completing all but one stage of ...

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